Elliot Page: star of X-Men and Juno announces he is transgender

Actor takes aim at transphobic politicians and those with a massive platform who continue to spew hostility', saying they have blood on [their] hands'

Elliot Page, who rose to fame as the lead in teen pregnancy comedy Juno as Ellen Page, has announced he is transgender.

Hi friends," he wrote on a variety of social media platforms, I want to share with you that I am trans, my pronouns are he/they and my name is Elliot."